Articles...
May 4 2007
THE jury in the case of three men accused of attempting to murder a disabled man in Staffordshire has been discharged after one of the defendants changed his plea....
May 4 2007
ROBBERS armed with a gun have stolen thousands of pounds after storming into a Muslim slaughterhouse in Birmingham....
May 4 2007
A MAN was airlifted to hospital this afternoon after a road smash closed parts of the Aston Expressway in Birmingham....
May 4 2007
VOTERS were hailed today for stifling the progress of the BNP on a Black Country council....
May 4 2007
HEALTH bosses were today set to reveal a major rethink of controversial proposals to scale down accident and emergency services at City Hospital....
May 4 2007
EMBATTLED Birmingham Council leader Mike Whitby today insisted that his Tory group's success at the polls was down to his strong leadership of the city....
May 4 2007
IT was a bad night for Labour - but Gordon Brown will still be smiling today....
May 4 2007
BIRMINGHAM'S election officials came under fire todayFri after 47,000 postal votes caused "farcical" scenes at poll counts throughout Birmingham....
May 4 2007
THE Liberal Democrat city councillor who admitted having a lovechild with a married MP has kept her seat....
May 4 2007
LABOUR suffered an embarrasing blow in Walsall with the loss of a seat to the little-known Democratic Labour group....
May 4 2007
BIRMINGHAM'S election officials came under fire today after 47,000 postal votes caused "farcical" scenes at poll counts throughout Birmingham....
May 4 2007
THE rise of anti-war party Respect continued as it clinched a second seat on Birmingham City council....
May 4 2007
IT was very much a case of "as you were" at Dudley with little change in the balance of power....
May 4 2007
THE Tories claimed a plum prize when they snatched the key seat of Erdington from Labour as Gareth Compton forced a hefty swing to clinch an 887 majority....
May 4 2007
THE Tories tightened their grip on power in Tamworth by gaining three seats....
May 4 2007
TORIES increased their grip on power at Bromsgrove but there was no love lost as an independent councillor bit the dust....
May 4 2007
VOTERS in North Birmingham opted for no change in the Perry Barr constituency with all four councillors retaining their seats....
May 4 2007
DEFEATED Liberal Democrat candidate Mohammed Saeed hit out at opposition parties accusing them of a dirty tricks campaign he insisted cost him the Bordesley Green seat....
May 4 2007
LABOUR enjoyed a night of celebration at Sandwell to maintain its stranglehold on the council....
May 4 2007
A MAN who stabbed his cousin to death on her wedding day in an "honour" killing has been told he must serve at least 16 years behind bars....
May 4 2007
FORMER Lord Mayor Mike Nangle, one of the most popular figures in the council chamber, lost his seat in one of the few local election shocks....
May 4 2007
TODAY'S great Bank Holiday getaway could be the worst ever in the Midlands as a record number of motorists are expected to take to clogged up roads, heading for the coast....
May 4 2007
DELIGHTED Birmingham Council leader Mike Whitby today insisted that his Tory group's success at the polls was down to his strong leadership of the city....
May 4 2007
BIRMINGHAM International Airport has begun a new direct flight service to Hamilton, near Toronto....
May 4 2007
A TEENAGE rapist who attacked a Birmingham mother after spiking her drinks at a city nightclub has been jailed for five years....
